Electricity

Public Policy Consulting's Binz suggests risk-aware regulation for state commissioners

OnPoint: Monday, May 21, 2012

How should state regulatory commissioners tailor their regulations to avoid risk in utilities' investments? During today's OnPoint, Ron Binz, a principal with Public Policy Consulting and a former chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission, discusses a new Ceres report focusing on what state regulators need to know about electric utility risk. He explains how changing market dynamics will affect the future of transmission and weighs in on the renewable energy tax incentive debate.